Automatic winding machine



J. JOSEPHS AND D. T. BERLIZHEIMER.

AUTOMATIC WINDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. I92].

Patented Dem- 5, 1922.

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J. JOSEPHS AND D. T. BERLIZHE'IMER.

AUTOMATlC WINDING MACHINE.

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TTQRNEYS J. JOSEPHS AND D. T. BERLIZHEIMER;

AUTOMATIC WINDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 'MAR,2, 1921.

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AUTOMATIC WINDING MACHINE.

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Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

JEAN JOSEPHS AND DAVID THEODORE BEBLIZHEIMER, 0E

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PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMATIC WINDING MACHINE.

Application filed March 2', 1921. Serial No. 449,122.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JEAN JosErHs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,and DAVID THEODORE BERLIZ- HEIMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Automatic Winding Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In our prior Patent No. 1,298,221, dated March th, 1919, we havedescribed and broadly claimed a novel construction of an automatic uillwinding machine wherein a pluralit o quills or cops are wound withthread rawn directly from the skeins without rendering it necessary tofirst wind the thread upon spools; and wherein, if in the course ofwinding of any particular quill the feed of the yarn should in any waybe stopped, the mechanism which effects the Winding operation will beautomatically stopped, and when again started will continue its workwithout leaving marks of identification upon the quill where thestoppage occurs and without turning out imperfeet quills.

Our present invention involves some of the generic principles of ourprior patent aforesaid, and in its broad and generic scope comprehends anovel construction and arrangement of a winding machine which can beadvantageously employed for winding quills, cops, spools or bobbinsdirectly from the "skeins on the swifts.

It furthercomprehends a novel construction of a reciprocatory carriageprovided with a novel construction of a traveling head, novel means foractuating said carriage, novel means for intermittently feedling saidhead step by step during the reciprocations of the carriage and novelmeans for controlling the feed of the carriage and of the-head. 1

It further comprehends anovel construction-and arrangement of a quillsupport and its adjuncts, novel means for driving a spindle at arelatively high speed with respect to a slow reciprocating movement of acarriage, thereby eliminatingthe strain .on the yarn or thread withconsequent elimination 7 of the likelihood of the yarn or threadbreaking during the winding operation, and novel means for effecting therevolution of the spindles and stopping their revolution in case theyarn or thread becomes broken or upon completion of the quill.

It further comprehends novel means for effecting the release of thethread carrier from its feed when it is desired to manually return thethread carrier to its starting position.

It further comprehends novel means for guiding the yarn and thread. sothat it does not come into direct contact with any metallic part.

It-further comprehends a, novel construction and arrangement of yarnsevering mechanism and novel means for resettin the movable knife whenthe thread carrier is returned to its starting position on its carriage,

It further comprehends a novel construction and arrangement of a windingmachine having sets of winding mechanisms on opposite sides of themachine, novel starting and stopping mechanism, and novel means foradjusting the machine,'so that the same machine can be emplo 'ed forforming quills,

cops, bobbins or spoo s on one or both sides of the machine with yarn orthread of different qualities or characteristics.

It further comprehends a novel construcl tion and arrangement whereby anumber of winding mechanisms may be removed from the ,rnachine withoutinterfering with the operation of the other winding mechanisms whichhave been left on the machine, so that one or more spindles and theco-operating winding mechanism will form a separate and distinct unit.

It further comprehends novel mechanism for adjustin the feed inaccordance with the grade 0 yarn or thread which is employed. I

It further comprehends novelmeans for positively arresting the forwardmovement of the thread carrier in case the yarn or thread should bunchup and retain the lever controlling the release of the carriage feed inits operati e position.

It further comprehends a novel constru ction and arrangement .ofcontrolling mechanism whereby the machine may be started by theactuation of a single lever.

lit further comprehends a novel construction and arrangement of brakemechanism.

Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafter moreclearly ap pear in the detailed description of the op.- eration. I

For the purpose of illustrating our in vention, we have shown in theaccompanying drawings a typical embodiment thereof which is at presentpreferred by us, since said embodiment will be found 1n practice M togive satisfactory and reliable results; although it is to be understoodthat the various instrumentalities of which our invention consists canbe variously arranged and organized and that our invention is not lir nI portion of a wrapping machine, embodying ited to the precisearrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shownand described.

Figure 1 represents a top plan view ofa our inventlon. Figure 2represents an the machine.

Figure 3 represents a portion of the machine in front elevation.

Figure 1 represents a section on line 4- 1 end elevation of of Figure 6.

'Fi ure 5 represents a section on line 5-5 of Figure 6. 1

. Figure 6 represents a section substantially on line 6-6 of Figure 5,certain of the parts being shown in elevation.

Figure 7 represents, on an enlarged scale, a section on line 7-7 ofFigure 8.

-Figure, 8 represents a section substantially on line 8-8 of Figure 1.

Figure 9 represents, in front elevation, a portion of the machineshowing more particularly the carriage and certain ofits operatingmechanism.

Figure 10 represents a section on line 1010 of Figure 8. y i Figure 11represents, insection, a releas ing device seen in Figure 8, showingcertain of the parts in a different relation from that seen in Figure 8.

Figure 12 represents a sectionsimilar 'to' Figure 8 but showing theparts in the position which they assume when the carriage is stopped.

Figure 13 represents, in elevation, of the knife mechanism. Figure 1 1represents a front elevation of the construction seen in Figure 12.

Figure 15 represents a section on line 15- 15 of Figure 14. I I i Figure16 represents a section on line 4 detail 1616 of Figure 12.

Figure, 17 represents, in perspective and in detached position, certainof the members showing more particularly the manner with a friction disc21 sleeve 22 which is slidably mounted on a in which they can be coupledtogether and taken apart when it is desired to remove one or more of theWinding mechanisms from the machine so that the carriages remaining willbe operative to wind quills, cops, bobbins or The framework of themachine.

. The frame of the machine consists of end standards 1 and a desirednumber of intermediate standards 2, the number of which latter will varyin accordance with the length of the machine, it being understood thatin spools.

accordance with our present invention the and 4: intermediate their endsI are braced and maintained in spaced relationship by means of brackets7 which are secured in position by means of the bolts,8, it being"understood that a split bracket is employed which is secured in clampedrelationship with the rods 3 and 4:, respectively, by means of the bolts8.

9 and '10 represent superim 'osed -longi-, tudinally extending rods whicalso pass through the standards 1 and'2 of the frame. The, standards attheir lower ends are braced .by means of the rods 11, and it"will'ofcourse, be understood that any additional or other desired form ofbracing members maybe employed to give the rame.

The driving mechanism.

requisite rigidity to the I The prime mover employed to drive the Iwinding machine may be of any desired naa fixed portion of the frame. hemotor 12 hasits shaft provided with a sprocket wheel 13, aroundw'hichpasses a sprocket chain 14, which latter also passes around a sprocketwheel 15, which is keyed at 16, to a shaft 17, which is mounted in1ournalbrackets 18 car- 'ried'by the machine frame and provided with anend thrust bearing of any desired type.

The sprocket wheel 15, see more particularly Figures 5 and 6, isprovided on one side with a friction face '19 against which bears afriction disc 20 rovided with a sleeve 23, which latter is rotatablymounted on the shaft/17, suitable bushings 24: being inserted betweenthe shaft 17 and the sleeve 23. The sleeve 22 of the friction disc 21 inPractice it preferably" consists .ofan electric motor 12, suitablcarried lay- 1 avphich co-operates yoke 28.

is keyed to the sleeve 23 by means of a key 25, so that the sleeve ofthe friction disc is adapted to have relative longitudinal movement withrespect to the sleeve 23 but ro tates in unison with it. The outer endof the sleeve 22 forms a clutch collar 26 adapted to receive the clutchpins 27'of a yoke- 28, which latter is pivotally mounted at its lowerend, as at 29, to a fixed Portion of the machine frame. The sleeve 22 isrecessed, as at 30, in proximity to its outer end in order to receive aspring 31, one end of which bears against the inner shoulder of therecess while the opposite end bears against a pinion 32 which is keyedto'the sleeve 23. The yoke 28 carries at its upper end, see moreparticularly Figure 6, a casing 33, in which is mounted a plunger 34against the upper portion of which bears one end of a spring 35 thelower end of which bears against the lower Wall of the to maintain theplunger 34 in its raised position.

The plunger 34 at its lower endcarries a U-shaped locking member 30, thesides of which overhang the upper portion of the The machine framecarries a bracket 37 which is mounted, as illustrated, on one of therods 4, see Figures 1 and 2, and this bracket is apertured, as at 38, inorder to permit the upper arm of the yoke 28 to extend therethrough.

The bracket 37 is provided with a shoulder 39 with which the lockingmember 36 cooperates to retain the friction disc 21 in its inoperativeposition, it being apparent that when the plunger34 is moved downwardlythe spring 31, see more particularly Figures 5 and 6, will cause thefriction disc 21 to be moved laterally into engagement with the frictiondisc 19 and thereby be operatively connected with the sprocket wheel 15.The sleeve 23, see more particularly Figures 5 and (5, has keyed to it abevel gear 40 which meshes with a bevelgear 41 which is fixed to a shaft42 suitably journalled in the machine frame.

In order tovary the relative speed be tween the bevel gear 40 and thedriven gear 41, We provide novel means whereby the gear 40 can beadjusted longitudinally on the sleeve 23. The hub of the gear 40. isextended to form an exteriorly threaded sleeve 43. .44 designates a capnut in threaded engagement with the sleeve 43 and bearing against thethrust bearing of the journal bracket 18, and a lock nut 45 is.

provided which retains the parts in their adjusted position; If it isdesired to drive the shaft 42 at a lower speed than that at which thegear 41 will drive it, the gear 41 is removed and another gearsubstituted for it. In order to remove this gear 41, the

gear 41 can be removed and another gear substituted for it.

The sleeve 47 ismounted in roller bearings 49 carried by a casing 50which is journalled on the conical ends of the bearing bolts 51 whichare carried by a Iswiveled yoke 52, see also Figure 3, mounted on thefront end standards 1 of the machine frame.

The journal bolts 51 are secured in adjusted position by meansof locknuts 53.

After a gear with a smaller number of teeth than the gear 41 has beensubstituted for the gear 41, the gear 40 is moved longitudinally intomesh with such substituted gear by looseningthe lock nut 45 and thenrotating the cap nut 44 in a direction to bring the teeth of the gear 40into mesh with the teeth of the substitutedgear. The lock nut 45'is thentightened and the parts are locked in their proper position foroperating.

The ear-'41 and the near or rears which are substituted for it are cutin such a manner that the faces of their teeth are parallel with thefaces of the teeth of the gear 40.

In accordance with our present invention, the machine is constructed induplicate so that quills, cops, bobbins or spools can be wound atopposite sides of the machine,

andfor this reason the driving mechanism is constructed in such a mannerthat one or both sides of the machine can be operated I at the same ordifferent speeds.

As we have described in detail the driving mechanism for one side of themachine, we will describe the driving mechanism for .the

other side of the machine simply in sufficient detail to describe thecycle of'the op I eration, it being understood that the drivingmechanism driven by the sprocket wheel 15 for driving one side of themachine is the same as that for driving the other side of the machine. iThe sprocket wheel 15 is provided with a friction face 54, see Figure 5,with which. co-operates a friction disc 55 positioned be-- tween suchfriction face 54 and a friction disc 56 mounted similarly to thefriction. disc 21 and controlled by means of a yoke 57 which controlsthe operative engagement of a gear 58 with a gear 59. The gear 59 .iscarriedby a shaft 60 which corresponds to the shaft 42. The shaft 42 hasfixed to it in ure 2, meshes. with a gear-62 which is i serrations tohold the guard 89 in its ad- -.,1'just ed} position, ;jIt will thus beseen that megawatt) can be rotatably adjusted to prevent i theco-operation of the pawlv 86 mounted on a shaft 63 journalled inthemachine frame. The shaft 63 has mounted on it a cam 64 which bearsagainst a roller 65, see Figure 3, said roller being carried by a lever66 which carries a stud 67 having its shank extending through a slot 68in a lever 69and secured in adjusted position within said slot 68' bymeans of a nut '70, so that the levers 66 and 69- are pivframe, so thatthe tendency of this spring is to always maintain the roller 65 incontact with the camface of the cam 64.

The upper end of the lever 69 is pivotally connected at 75 to areciprocatory rod 76 which is guided in the guide bracket 77 carried bythe rod 78 which form tracks for the carriage, which latter will behereinafter fully desscribed. The reciprocatory .rod 76 is made insections and juxtaposed ends are provided with oppositely directedthreads which engage with a turnbuckle 79 or its equivalent, whereby thestarting position of the carriage can be varied.

Referring-now to Figure 2, the shaft 63 i carries an eccentric 80 whichco-operates of a pawl actuatin with the straps 81 to effect thereciprocation rod 82 which at its upper end 'has fixe to it an arm 83,see more particularly Figure 6, said arm being ivotallymounted in therod 82, as at 84.

he arm 83 has pivotally-conne'cted to it spring pressed pawl 92.

"one xend of .an arm 85,.which latter has mounted on its upper end apawl 86 which co-operates with a ratchet 87 mounted ona shaft 88, seealso Figure 4.

stroke of the pawl 86 is always the I same, but,.in order to vary itsco-operation circular guard .89, the hub. of WlillCll 1s loosely-mountedon the shaft 88. This semicircular .guard has aportion .of its outerwithgthe ratchet' 87, we provide a semiface serrated, as at 90, and aspring pressed plunger'91 is' provided which engages such withtheratchet 87 during a desired portion or the operative stro e of such pawl'86. Theratchet 87 is preventedifrom movmeans I of a ing in a reversedirection b manner in 12 and 14.,

whichthe ratchet s7 is carried by the ama- I is keyed at 94 to the shaft88. The shaft 88' is threaded at intervals, as indicated at 95.

The reciprocatory carriages and their adjgmcts.

' Any desired number of carriages are employed in accordance with thenumber of quills, cops, bobbins or spools which are to be wound on themachine. 96 designates the carriages, the frames of which are providedwith rollers 97, see Figure 12, which travel on the track forming rods78, see more particularly Figures 8, 9, 12 and 14.

The rod 76 passes through the frame of the first two carriages 96 andthe carriages are secured in adjusted position on the rod 76 by means ofthe nuts 98, see for example, Figures 12.and 14:. It will thus be seenthat each carriage reciprocates in unison with the reciprocatory rod 76.Each carriage 96 is provided with a thread can rier 99 which is slidablymounted on the superimposed cross rods 100 of the carriage frame, seemore particularly Figures 8, 9,

The yarn or thread carrier 99 has pivotally mounted in it at 101 one endof an arm 102, which carries a feed nut 103 which is inthe form of ahalf nut adapted to be brought into and out of engagement with,

the threadedvportions 95 of the shaft 88 so as to' cause the threadcarrier 99 to travel- --toward theright or in the direction of itsoperative stroke. The arm 102 has con.- nected to its outer end a rod104 which passes through the lever 105, and its lower end is provldedwith an adjustable stop or abutment'106 for one end of a spring 107vcarried by the lower end of said rod 104.

The upper end of said spring bears against an abutment 108' carried bythe lever 105. The rod 104; has adjustable on it a nut 109 which bearsagainst the upper face of the lever 105.

The lever 105 is Y pivotally mounted in the thread carrier99 and 110,and its outer end or handle portion is weighted, as indicated at 111, inorder to form-a counterbalance.

The lever 105 carries a pin 112 which is adapted to seat in the notch113 of a weighted lever 114 which is pivoted at 115 in the threadcarrier 99. This lever is weighted at its'lower end so that it will tendto move in the direction seen in Figure 8. 1 16 designates a lever whichis fulcrumed on the cone shaped ends of the bearing pins 117 of thelever 105. 118 designates a lever which is pivotally supported at 115and provided with. a pin 1 19-which overhangs the lever 116. The lever118 is normally held in the position seen in Figure 8 by the yarn' orthread 120 which passes through the porcelain guide 121 over theporcelain'rollers 122 and beneath the porcelains 123 carried by thelever 118. The frame of the carriage '96 has fixedly connected with itathreaded.

brake rod 124 which travels in unison with the. carriage. The lever 105is provided with a threaded portion 125,-which,-when' end of thislever126 forms a fingerpiece by means of which it can be readily oper-- ated,and its other end forms a hook 128 which bears against a pin 129 on thelever 105 .on one side of its fulcrum, whereby, when the fingerportionof the bell crank lever 126 is raised, the lever 105 will berocked on its fulcrum in a direction to release it from its engagementwith the brake rod 124;

The lever 105 is provided with a cam face 130 which is adapted toco-operate with the rod 131 carried by the levers 132 which arefulcrumed on a rod 133 suitably carried by the machine ,frame. The lowerends of these levers act as a counterbalance. with an arm 134 whichtravels in the path of the inner trackforming rod so as tolimit thedownward movement of one of the levers 132 and thereby of the rod 131.One of the levers 132 has pivotally connected to it, at 135, one end ofa link 136 which has a pin and slot connection at137 with a dog 138,which latter is pivotally sup orted at 139', on an arm 140 which isloose y mounted on a rod 141 carried by the machine frame. The arm 140has an inclined face 220 .with which the inclined face 221 of the dog138 co-operates and the arm 140 is fixed to a lever 142 fulcrum'ed onthe rod 141, and having a tail piece 143, which extends beneath theshaft 133. in order to limit the movement of the lever 142 in onedirection. The opposite end of the lever 142, see also Figure 11, isinwardly'defiected to form a hook 144, which is adapted to engage thshoulder 145 on the plunger 146, guidedinthe bracket147, which ispivotally connected at 148 to the quill holder 149. A spring150 isprovided, which is interposed between the bracket 147 and the head 151of the plunger 146, so that thetendency of the spring 150 is to maintainthe position.

Each quill holder 149, see also Figure 16, is fulcrumed at 152 on themachine frame, so

plunger 146 inits raised that, when the plunger 146 is drawn down-.

wardly, the friction roller-1153 on the-quill spindle 154 will be movedinto engagement One of the levers 132 is provided 'ures 8 an'd,12,carries a lug with its respective friction wheel 61, so that the properrotation will be imparted to its quill spindle 154. The quill spindle ismounted within the quill holder 149 on a ball bearing 155 and anadjustable end thrust bearing 156 is carried by the quill holder 149 totake up the end thrust on'the spindle.

The quill spindle 154 is'provided wlth the spring clips 157 to hold thequill or cop tube 158 in position on the quill spindle 154. The quillholder 149 has its hub 159: loosely mounted on the stud shaft 152 and aspring 160 is provided one end of which isfixed to the frame, as at 161,and the other end thereof is connected with the sleeve 159, so that thetendency of this spring 160 is to maintain the quill holder '149 in itsinoperative or stationary position, as seen in Figure 14. The hub 159 ofthe quill holder 149 is pro vided with a projecting lug 162 whichtravels in the path of a rotatably adjustable stop member 163, which issecured in its ad justed position by means of a bolt 164, which 1 passesthrough a slot 165 in the stop member 163. This stop member 163 is inthe form of a split band which forms a "shoulder 166 which serves as astop or abutment for the lug 162. i p a 167 designates a lever'which isfulcrumed on one of the rods 78 and provided at its forward end with afork 168 within which is received the pin 169 which is fixed to and extends laterally from a ,plunger 146. The lever 167 has secured to it oneend of a spring 17o, the free mid of which bears against the tail piece143 of the lever 142.

the inner wall of a recess 179 in which the plunger is mounted, seeFigure 15. The plunger 17 5 is interiorly threaded to receive a threadedrod 180 which carries a nut 181,

which is adjustable to limit thestroke of the plunger 175 in onedirection. The

threaded rod 180 has secured .to its upper end a member 182, which isrecessed to receive a laterallyextending rod 183, which is secured inposition by means of a set screw 184. The'rod183 of such length that itwill contact with the under face of the lever 105 in any positionwhichthe thread.car-' rier 99 may assume with respect to its carria I i I Q II The hub of the friction wheel 61, see Fig- 185 which at certaintimesis in the path of the tooth 186 .of the dog 138- r I 187 designatesSwifts which are mounted in brackets 188 sup orted on the rods 9 and 121over the rollers 122 and beneath the porcelains 123 carried by thelevers 118. The yarn then passes through the yarn severing mechanismwhich will now be described;

The yam severing mechanism.

The plate 196 of each carriage 99 forms at its upper end a stationaryknife blade 197 and'h'as hinged to it, as at 198, a movable knife blade199. One end of the knife blade 199 is provided with an offsetshoulder200,

see Figure 13, adapted to engage a latch 201 on one end. of a lever 202.The opposite end of this lever is bent to form an arm 203carryingthereon a laterally extending cam arm 204.; Mounted upon theupper one of the guide shafts 100 is an adjustable stop member 205,against which the arm 203 contacts at the end of the travel of thecarrier 99. A. spring member, 206, see Figures 9 and 14, is fixed uponthe pins 207 and 198,

and one end is engaged in the free end of the lever 202 to normally keepthe latch 201 v in engagementwith the shoulder of the movable blade 199.The opposite end of the spring 206 passes over the top of the blademember 199 and normally'tends to press it downwardly. The thread -120passes between the fixed blade 197 and the movable blade 199, thencethrough porcela-ins 208 and 209, and thence direct to the quill or I coptube 158 to which it is connected in any desired'manner. I

In order to automatically reset the 'movable knife blade 199 when thecarrier 99 is returned to its starting position on its carriage, theblade is provided with a laterally extending arm 210, the forward faceof whichjs beveled to form a cam face, as at 211, in order that when thethread carrier is returned to its initial or starting position,

this bevel face 211 will engage a fixed cam 212 on the carriage 96' andcause the movable blade 199 to be'raised into the position re 13, atwhich: time it interlocks with the latch 201, see also Figure 9.v

seen in Fi V In the ordinary'operationof winding machines the quills,cops,--bobbins or spools after they are wound, are placed in a trough atthe side of the machine. We have found it advantageous in practice toemploy a conveyor convey the quills, cops, bobbins or spools, whichhavebeen completed, to a desired point of utilization.

Quill conveyor. 7 F or thesake of clearness of illustration, we haveshown this construction in Figure 3 and have omitted it fromother'figures of the drawings. The gear 32, see Figure 5, or

the corresponding gear 213, is intergeared by means of a gear 214C witha gear 215 mounted on a conveyor shaft 216 around which passes aconveyor apron 217 which it will be undegstood also passes around a.shaft or roller (not shown) at the opposite end of the machine. Theconveyor apron travels over suitable guide rollers 218. We preferablyemploy a flat belt and in order to retain the quills, cops, bobbinsorspools on the conveyor apron during its travel, we provide ried in anydesired manner by the machine frame and extend above the side edges ofthe conveyor apron. It is sometimes desirable to remove one or: more ofthe carriages and their adjuncts as a unit for the purpose of inspectionor repair and in order. that this Will not interthe side guide members219 which are carfere with the operation of the machine, we

preferably form the rod 76 in sections having juxtaposed ends, thesections being adapted to interlock, as will be understood by referenceto Figure 17 and the sections are [connected together by means of acoupling collar 223, see Figure 17. In a similar mannerthe brake rod124. is made in sections the juxtaposed ends of the sections beingadapted to interlock and be connected together by means of a couplingcollar 224C. The rods are made in sections and the juxtaposed ends ofthe-sections are adapted to interlock and be secured in assembledposition by means of coupling collars 225. The feed shaft '88 is alsomade in sections the juxtaosed ends of the sectionsv being adapted tomterlockand be retained in assembled .position by means of a coupling226. It will be understood from Figure 17 that one or more of thecarriages can be removed and the sections'of the rods and shaft beconnected toge'ther so that the entire machine will not be out ofcommission but all of the quill winding units remaining can be operatedin the same manner'as before.

e The operation. v The operation of our novel automatic winding machinewill now be readily'apparent to those skilled in the art to which thisinvention appertainsand is as "follows The machine is preferablyconstructed in duplicate so that'any desired number ofquills can bewound at each side of themachine and if both sides of the machine are inoperation one operator ordinarily'attendsto one side of the machine andanother operator attends to the opposite side of the ma- Assuming nowthat the different swiftshave been filled with skeins of silk orothertype of yarn or thread and the yarn or thread 120 has been passedthrough its various guides, as already described, that the quill orother tubes have been placed on the quillsp indles 154, and the looseends of the yarn connected to the quill tubes 158, the machine is,ready'for operation. The operator now presses down the spring pressedplunger 34 thereby releasing the locking member 36 from. its engagementwith the shoulder 39 and the spring 30 causes the friction disc 21 to bemoved into such position that it will be frictionally driven by thefriction disc 19 and the sprocket wheel 15. The sleeve 23 is connectedto the hub of the friction disc 21 in such a manner that it revolves inunison with it and since this sleeve 23 carries the gear 40, the ear 40will.

be revolved and thereby the gear 41 which is fixed on the shaft 42. Asthe shaft 42 revolves, the different friction wheels 61. will revolve inunison with it. The sleeve 22 carries the gear 32, thereby through thegear v62 driving the shaft 63. The shaft 63 has mounted on it the cam 64which effects the reciprocation of the lever '69 and the bar 7 6connected with it, and, as this bar also has connected to it thecarriages 96, a reciprocatory movement is imparted to all of thecarriages 96.

Assuming now that the thread carrier 99 of a carriage 96 is at itsinitial or'starting position, which is'at the left hand end of thecarriage, it will be understood that the thread carrier reciprocates inunison with the carriage and during such reciprocations of the carriageit is intermittently advanced step by step.

The parts are now in proper position to commnece the winding operation.The operator moves the handle 172 from its inoperative position seen infull lines in Figure 12 into the position seen in dotted lines in Figure8, the lever 172 then dropping back into the sition seen in full linesin said Figure 8. s the lever 172 is raised from the position seen infull lines in Figure 12 into that seen in dotted lines in Figure 8, thelever 167 is-rocked on its fulcrum 78, see Figures 8 and 12. The plunger177 moves upwardly against the tension of the spring 178 and causes the'rod 183 carried by the head 182 on the rod 180-to contact with thehandle portion of the lever 105,

thereby rocking said lever on its fulcrum 110. This movement of thelever 105 draws downwardly the rod 104, thereby bringing the feed nut103 intoengagement with the threads 95 on the shaft 88, so that thecarriage is now intergeared with the feed shaft 88. The feed shaft 88 isintermittently driven by a ratchet movement, which will now bedescribed.

The pawl actuating rod 82 is reciprocated by the eccentric80, therebyimparting an oscillatory movement to the pawl 86 and the consequentintermittent rotation step by step of the ratchet 87 and of the shaft 88which it drives. The amount of rotation imparted to the shaft 88 can bevaried, as before described, by adjustment of the guard 89, so that thepawl 86 will co-operate with the ratchet 87 during its entire operativestroke or during only a desired portion of, such stroke. 1

During the rocking movement of the lever 167 the forked end 168co-O-peratingWith the pill 169 will cause the plunger 146 to be drawndownwardly, and, as the lever 167 rocks on its fulcrum, the spring 170bearing against the tail piece 143 of the lever 142 will cause thehook'shaped end 144 of such lever142 to move inwardly. so as to overhangthe shoulder 145 on the plunger 146. This downward movement of theplunger 146 causes the quill holder 149 to rock on its fulcrum 152 in adirection to bring its friction roller-153 into operative engagementwith the friction wheel 61, so that the quill spindle 154 on which thefriction roller 153 is mounted will be continuously revolved at a speedwhich is relatively much greater than. the speed of reciprocation ofthe'c'arriage 96. The quill tube 158 is held in position on the spindle154 by the spring clip 157 and revolves with the spindle, it beingunderstood that the end of the yarn or thread has prior to this timeafter passing through its various guides, as shown in Figures 8 and 12,been wound around or otherwise connected to the quill tube sufficientlyto cause the winding of'the yarn on the quill tube during the revolutionof the latter. It will .be understood that as the lever 105 is rocked onits fulcrum as described, the pin 112 will seat in the notch 113 of thelever 114, thereby retaining the lever 105 in theposition seen in Figure8.

-During the winding of the quill, cop,

bobbin or spool, the carriage reciprocates with the same-length ofstroke. It will be S6811, passes through the however, that the yarn orthread carrier so that as the thread carrier is progressively advancedduring the winding opguide 121 on the thread the lever 118 in theposition seen in Figure 8 p end of its operative stroke, the quill iscompleted and at this time the yarn severing mechanism is operated.

Operation of yarn severing mechanism.

As the thread carrier 99 reaches the end of its operative stroke, thelever 203 contacts with the adjustable fixed sto 205 there-' by rockingthe lever 202 on its ulcrum, releasing the latch 201 and the spring 206causes the movable knife blade 199 to move downwardly to cut the yarn orthread 120. When the yarn or thread 120 is cut the lever 118 willnormally drop. If, however, the

.yarn or thread should bunchup and hold or the knife fails to cut, theslight further advance .of the carriage will cause the cam arm 204 tomove inwardly the upper arms of the levers 116 and 114. This inward Vmovement of the arm 114'causes the notch 113 to be moved out of the pathof the pin 112 thereby permitting the weighted end 111 of the lever 105to cause said lever to rock on its fulcrum 110; This causes the cam face130 to cooperate with the rod 131 of the lever 132 thereby movinginwardly the link 136 due to the pin and slot connection137 withthe pawl138 so that the'tooth186 is in i the path of the lug 185 carried by thehub of the friction wheel 61. As the friction wheel 61 is continuouslyrevolving, this lug 185 will contact with the tooth 186 and rock the awl138 on its fulcrum 189 and cause the inclined face 220 of such pawl 138to engage with the inclined face 221 on the arm 140 which'is connectedwith the lever 142. This causes the lever 142 to be rocked rearwardly toefiect a release of the hook 144 from the shoulder 145 on the plunger146 thereby permitting the spring 160 to rotate the vquill support 149in a direction to bring the friction wheel 153 out of engagement withthe driving friction wheel 61 so that the quill spindle is no longerdriven. The lever 142 has its upper arm ofgreater weight than its 7 thethreaded portion 125 to engage with the threaded brake rod v124 so thatthe thread carrier 99 is retained in the position at which it wasarrested. a

Stop operation,- when yarn is severed; If the yarn 120 accidentallybreaks or is massacre severed the winding of the quill is automaticallyarrested and also the feed of the thread carrier 99 in order to givetheopera- ,tor an opportunity to connect the broken ends of the yarn andcontinue the winding of the quill.

As before explained, the yarn passing beneath the porcelains 123 retainsthe lever 118 in the position seen in Figure 8 and in dotted lines inFigure 12. Assuming now that the yarn should break thelever 118 dropsdownwardly from the position seen in dotted lines in Figure 12 into thatseen in full lines in said figure.

As the lever 118 moves downwardly the in 119 carried by said leverengages with the lever 116to rock it on its fulcrum 117. This lever 116carries a pin 222 which now notch 113 from its engagement with the pin112 on the lever 105, thereby permitting the lever 105tomove from theposition seen in Figure 8 to that seen in Figure 12. This movement ofthe lever 105 before explained is operative to stop the rotation of thequill spindle, and it is also operative to stop the feed of the threadcarrier 99 as before explained. 7

After the quill has been wound, as herein explained, the operatorremoves the quill with its tube and places it on the traveling conveyor217 which conducts it to a'desired point of utilization. {The operatorthen places a new quill tubd'in position on the spindle 154 and threadsthe yarn through the guides and connects it with a new quill contactswith the lever 114 releasing the v tube which has been placed on thequill I spindle. The operator then returns the thread-carrier 99' to itsinitial or starting position by taking hold of the finger piece of thelever 126 to rock it on its fulcrum and thereby cause the hook 128 tobear against the pin 129 on the lever to disengage such lever 105 fromthe brake rod 124, whereupon the thread carrier 99 can be moved back toits initial or starting position. This takes place against the action ofthe-spring 107 so that as soon as the operator releases his pressurefrom the lever 126 the spring 107 raises the lever 105 into suchposition that it will reengagewith the brake rod 124.

As the thread carrier 99 returns .to its initial or'startingposition thecam face 211 on the arm 210 of the movable knife 199 c0- operates withthe stationary cam 212 to rock the movable knife 199 on its fulcrum fromthe osition seen in Figure 14 into that seen inigure 13, see also Figure9, whereupon the latch 201 is engaged with the shoulder 200 of themovable knife 199. The. lever 172 is now raised and released and thewindin of the new quill now takes place in the man-' ner hereinbefore,described.

Special attention is-directed to the manner I in which the feed of thethread carrier 99 during the reciprocations of the carriage-96 can beadjusted, attention being directed more particularly to Figures land 6.The operative stroke of the pawl ,86 is always the same. The eifeetivestroke of the pawl with respect totheratchet 87 can, however, be

varied by rotatably adjusting the guard 89,

a carriage in accordance with the character of the yarn or thread whichis .to be used.

It will be understood from the foregoing that the machine maybeoperating continuously as to given quills and yet not be operating as toa particular quill, the yarn 'or, thread of which has been broken. I

Each carriage and its adjuncts although driven in'the same manner areindependently controlled by the operator, so that any of the carriagesor quill winding mechanism for a particular quill can be-out ofoperation without afi'ectin the operation of the winding mechanism 0%another quill.

It will be seen that the spindle 154 is made;

in sections so that a portion thereof is detachable whereby anotherspindle section can be substituted which will be adapted to receive abobbin, spool or other structure adapted to receive a tube of anydesired construction on which the thread is to be wound. a

It will now be apparent that we have devised a novel and usefulconstruction of an automatic winding machine which embodies the'featuresof advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the inventionand the above description, and while we have,

4 thread carrier slidably mounted in each carriage and adapted toreceive the yarn or thread, means to efiect the step by step-advance ofa thread carrier dur ng the recipour invention,

rocation of its carriage, and automatically actuated brake mechanism tolock said head with respect to its carriage in case the yarn or threadbreaks.

2. In a winding machine, the combination with the spindles and means toactuate them,

of a plurality of reciprocatory carriages, a

thread carrier slidably mounted in each carriage and adapted to carrythe yarn or thread, means to effect the step by step ad- Vance of a headduring the reciprocations of its carriage, a brake rod fixed to eachcarriage, and means carried by said carrier and automatically operatedin case the thread or yarn is severed to lock said head with respect.

to said brake rod.

3. In a winding machine, the combination with the spindlesv and means toactuate them, of a plurality of reciprocatory carriages, a threadcarrier for each carriage,

slidably mountedtherein, and adapted to carry the yarn or thread, a feedshaft, means to actuate it, a feed nut-carried by a carrierto'co-operate with'said feed shaft, a lever mounted in each carrier andcontrolling its feed nut, and a brake member on'said carriage and intoen agement with which said lever is moved w en its fee nut is disengagedfrom said feed shaft.

4. In a winding machine, the combinatlon with the spindles, and means toactuate them, of a plurality of reciprocatory carria es, a threadcarrier for each carriage sli ably mounted therein and adapted to carrythe yarn or thread' -a feed shaft, means to actuate it, a feed nutcarried by a car'- rierto be enga d with and disengaged from said feedsha a lever mounted in each thread carrier to control its vfeed nut, andmanually actuated means co-operating with a lever to move its feed nutout of engagement with said feed shaft without arresting the rotationofsaid spindles.

5. In a winding machine, the combination with the spindles and drivingmeans for said spindles, of a plurality of reclprocatory carriages,there being a spindle for each c arriage, a lever on each carriagecontrolling the driving means for its respective spindle, a carrierslidably mounted in each carria e and adapted to carry the yarn or threameans to intermittently feed a carrier during. the reciprocations of itscar- Y riage, a second lever carried by said car- 'rler and controllingsaid feeding means, and

means actuated by said'first lever to move said second lever in adirection render operative the feeding means for said earner.

6. In a winding machine, the combination Y with the spindles anddriving, means for said spindles, of a plurality of reciprocatorycarriages, there being a spmdle for each carriage,ja lever on eachcarnage co;ntrollmg he driving means, for its respectlve spindle,

a carrier slidably mounted in each carriage and adapted to carry theyarn or thread, means to intermittently feed a carrier during thereciprocations of its carriage, avsecondlevercarried by said carrier andcontrollin said feeding means, a spring presse plunger connected withsaid first lever, and a rod operatively connected with said plunger. andco-operating with said second lever to move it in a direction tooperatively connect said carrier with its feeding means.

7. In a winding machine, the-combination with the spindles and drivingmeans for said spindles, of a plurality of reciprocatory carriages,there being a splndle for each'carriage, a lever on each carriagecontrolling the drivin means for its respective spindle, a carrier sidably mounted in each carriage and adapted to carry the yarn or thread,means to intermittently feed a carrier during the reciprocations of itscarriage, a second lever carried by said carrier and controlling saidfeeding means, a plunger connected with said first lever, a tensiondevice for said plunger, a rod longitudinally adjustable with respect tosaid plunger, and means operatively connected to said rod to actuatesaid second'lever in a direction to render operative the feeding meansfor said carrier. i 8. In a winding machine, the combination with thespindles and driving means for said spindles, of a plurality ofreciprocatory carriages, there being a spindle for each carriage, aleveron each-carriage controlling the driving means for its respectivespindle, a carrier slidably mounted in each carriage and adapted tocarrythe yarn or thread, means to intermittently feed a carrier duringthereciprocations of its carriage, a second lever earned by said carrlerand controlling said feeding means, a member connected with said firstlever, a tension device carriage and adapted to carry the yarn orthread, means to intermittently feed a car rier during thereciprocations ofits carriage,

a second ver carried by said carrier and controlling said feeding means,means actuated by said first lever to move said second lever in adirection to render operative the feeding means for said carrier, and abrake member with which said second, lever inter- Leavers .pivotallycarried by said carrier and having means to engage said pin, and brakemechanism co-operating with said first lever and manually controlledbysaid second lever.

11. In a winding machine, a reciprocatory carriage, a feed shaft, a feednut co-operating, with said shaft, a thread carrier by which said feednut is carried, a lever on said carrier operatively connected with saidfeed nut vto actuate it, a tension devic for said lever, a pin on saidlever, a second lever pivotally carried by said carrier and having meansto engage said pin, brake mechanism co-operating with said first'leverand manually controlled by said second lever,'and means set intooperation by the severing of the yarn or thread to operate said firstlever in a direction to efiect the disengagement of said feed nutfromits feed shaft.

12. In a winding machine, the combination with the spindles and means toactuate them, of reciprocatory carriages, a thread carrier for eachcarriage slidably mounted therein and adapted to carry the yarn or]thread, a lever on said carrier having porcelains beneath which the yarnpasses to normally maintain said'lever in-raised position,

a second lever controlled by said first lover, a third lever controlledby said second lever and having a notch, a fourth lever having a pintoengage said notch and lock it in operative posit1on, means controlled bysaid fourth lever to intemnittently feed said carrier and a controllingdevice for the spindle actuated means automatically controlled by saidfourth lever to arrest the movement of the spindle when the yarn 0;thread is sevcred.

13. Ina winding machine, a spindle r0- tatably mounted and provided witha lug, a rotatably adjustable stop with which said lug co-operates,atension device tending to move sald lug toward said stop, a frictiondrive for said spindle, and means to automatically render the frictiondrive inoper ative when the yarn or thread which is being wound on thespindle is severed.

1d. Ina winding machine, a support rotatably mounted, a spindleextending into said support; an antifriction bearing on which saidspindle is mounted, a thrust bearing for said spindle, a tensiondevice-for said support, and means to rotate said spindle.

- 15. In a winding machine, a su port rotatably mounted, a seetionalspin e rotatably mounted in said support andhaving one sectiondetachable. a friction member on said support, a friction wheel toco-operate with said friction member, a tension device tending to movesaid support in a direction to move the friction member away from saidfriction wheel, a plunger connected with said support, a lever operativeto locksaid plunger in position to retain the friction member andfriction wheel in engagement, and means automatically actuated on thesevering of the yarn or thread to actuate said lever to effect therelease. of said plunger. v

16. In a winding machine, a support'rotatably mounted, a'sectionalspindle rotatably mounted in said support and having one sectiondetachable, a friction member on said support, a friction wheel toco-operate' with said friction member, a tension device tending to movesaid support in a direction to move the friction member away from saidfriction Wheel, a plunger connected with said support, a lever operativeto lock said plunger in position to retain the, friction member-andfriction wheel in engagement, means automatically actuated on theservering of the yarn or thread to actuate said lever to efi'ect therelease of said plunger, and manually controlled means to reset saidlever and to move said plunger into position to be locked.

17. In a winding machine, a support rotatably mounted, a spindle in saidsupport, a' plunger connected with said support, a spring tending torotate said support, a fric tion member on said spindle, a frict1onwheel, means to drive said friction wheel, a lever having one endadapted toengage said plunger to retain said friction member andfriction wheel in engagement, an arm carried by sa id lever, a pawlmounted on said arm, a link having a pin and slot connection with saidpawl, a second lever'to which saidlink is connected, a third leveroperatively connected to said plunger to move t, a reciprocatorycarriage, a thread carrier slidably mounted therein, means tointermittently feed said thread carrier a fourth lever controlling suchfeed and adapted to control saidthird lever, and means controlled by thesevering of the yarn or thread to automatically actuate said fourthlever and thereby stop said spindle.

18. In a winding machine, a support a sp ndle therein, a friction drivefor said spindle, a plunger connected with said support, a lever havingone end adapted to engage said plunger to lock it-in position to renderthe friction drive operative, a pawl carried by said lever adapted to beset in pos1t1on to be actuated by said friction drive to release saidlever from said plunger and render the friction drive inoperative todrive the spindle, a reciprocatory carriage,

a thread carrier slidably mounted thereon and carrying the yarn orthread, means to intermittently feed said carrier, and meansautomatically controlled by the severing of the yarn to render saidcarrier feeding means inoperative and to move said pawl into a positionto be actuated by the friction drive of the spindle.

19. In a Winding machine, the combination with the spindles and means toactuate them, of reciprocatory' carriages, a thread carrier for eachcarriage slidably mounted therein and adapted to receive the yarn orgireadmeans to intermittently feed said car 'er during thereciprocations of its carriage, a lever to render said feed operative orinoperative, and yarn severing mechanism including 'a latch having a camarm to automatically actuate said lever to render the carrier feedingmeans inoperative when the Winding operation is com-- pleted. v M y I20. In a, winding machine, the comb1- nation with the spindle and meansto actuate them, of reciprocatory carriages, a threadcarrier for eachcarriage slidably mounted therein and adapted to receive the yarn orthread, means to intermittently feed a carrier during the reciprocationsof its carriage, a lever to render said feed operative or inoperative,yarn severing mechanism including a latch having a cam arm toautomatically actuate said lever to render the carrier feeding meansinoperative when the winding operationis completed, and a stop in thepath of said cam arm to positively actuate said latch if for any reasonit should fail to be released.

21. In a winding machine, the combi-' nation with the spindles and meansto actuate them, of reciprocatory carriages, a thread carrier for eachcarriage slldably mounted therein and adapted to carry the yarn orthread, means to intermittently advance said carrier during thereciprocation of its carriage, means toautomatically stop the feed-ofsaid carrier and render the spindle actuating means inoperative when theyarn or thread is-cut, cutting mechanism havrn'g means=to also stop thefeed of said carrier and render said spindle actuating means inoperativewhen the cutting mechanism is operated, and means. to automaticallyreset said cuttin mechanism after an article has been woun and saidcarrier has been returned to its starting position.

A 22. In a winding machine, the combination with the spindles and meansto actuate them, of reciprocatory carriages, a thread carrier for eachcarriage slidably mounted therein and adapted to carry the yarn orthread. means to intermittently advance said carrier during thereciprocations of its carriagemeans to automatically stop the feed ofsaid carrier and render the spindle actuating-means inoperative when theyarn or thread is cut, cutting mechanism includin a movable knife bla'dehaving an armprovi ed with a cam face, a'stationary cam in the path ofsaid cam face: when the carrier is returned to its starting position,and'means to release said carrier from itsfeeding-means to permit theoperator to return )it to its start ing position.

23. In awinding machine, the combination with a frame, of spindlesmounted on opposite sides of the frame, a series of reciprocatorycarriages mounted on opposite sides of the frame, a thread carrier foreach car-- riage slidably mounted therein andadapted to carry the yarnor thread, means to intermittently advance each carrier during thereciprocations of its carriage, and means to drive the spindles at oneside of the machine at adifl erent speed of revolution from that ofthevspindles at the opposite sideof the machine, thereby adapting themachineto wind at the same time yarn or thread of differentcharacteristics.

' 24. In a winding machine, the combination with a frame, of spindlesmounted on opposite sides of the'frame, a series of reciprocatorycarriagesmounted on opposite sides of the frame, a thread carrier foreach '30 a carriage slidably mounted therein and adapted to carry theyarn or thread, means tointermittently advance each carrier during thereciprocations of its carriage, means to drive the spindles at one sideof the machine at a different speed of revolution from that of thespindles at the opposite side of the machine,

and means to adjust the carrier 1 feedingsides of the frame, a' threadcarrierfor'each carriage slidahly mounted therein and adapted to carrythe yarn or thread,'meansto in y of reciprocatory carriages,

for each carriage slidaoly mounted thereln mamas termittently advanceeach carrier during the reciprocations of its carriage, a driven memberhaving friction faces on'opposite -sides thereof, a friction clutch foreach friction face, and means controlled .by each friction clutch todrive the spindles controlled there- .by at each side of the machine. V

26. In a winding machine, a driving gear having a threaded sleeve, a-capnut on said sleeve to longitudinally adjust it, a lock nut to lock thesleeve with respect to the cap nut,

'a driven gear meshing with said driving 1 gear, ashaft on which salddrlven gear is.

mounted, and means to longitudinally adjust said shaft whereby thedriven gear can beremoved and a gear with a lesser number of teethsecured to said shaft. Y

27 In a winding machine, a driven sleeve, a gear keyed thereto andprovided with a threaded sleeve, a cap nut engaging said threaded sleeveand bearing against said first sleeve, a lock nut on said threadedsleeve, a-driven gear meshing with said first 'gear, a sleeve onwhichsaid driven gear is mounted, means to secure said driven gear andits sleeve to-said shaft, and means to longitudinally-adjust saidsli'a'ft when it. is desired to replace said driven gear.

28. In a winding machine, thecombination with the spindles and meanstoactuate them, a thread carrier and adapted to receive the yarn orthread, means to intermittently feed a carrier during the reciprocationsof-its tarriage, a lever to render said feed operative or inoperative,

yarn severing mechanismincluding a latch having a cam 'arm toautomatically actuate said lever to render the carrier feeding meansinoperative when the winding operation is completed, and a stop in thepath of Y said cam arm to positively actuate said latch if forany'reason it should fail to bereleased and to stop the spindles.

new aosar as. p 7 DAVID raaoaoaa aaaizanmaa.

Witnesses:

lHLS. FAIRBANKS, G. I). MoVAY.

